Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by asabjorn on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:48PM
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I’d like to more clearly find out where and if we disagree where it matters the most. Do you think it is justified to ban or suppress content on social media from people that SPLC/ADL view as part of the radicalization process? Eg jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro and Dave Rubin.
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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by joshuamorton on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:05PM
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>Do you think it is justified to ban or suppress content on social media from people that SPLC/ADL view as part of the radicalization process? Eg jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro and Dave Rubin.
I certainly do, but evidence (e.g. historic enforcement patterns) indicates that Facebook does not.
Note that my opinion on this isn't global and without nuance. There are things that Jordan Peterson does and says that aren't, at all, controversial and are even occasionally interesting and thought provoking. Not everything he does radicalizes people. Same with, I assume, Rubin and Shapiro, although I don't pay them enough attention to know or care either way.
However, that's all beside the point. Facebook *doesn't appear to thing that they're worth censoring. I'm not sure why my opinion is at all relevant.
You still haven't given me that example, by the way.